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Newspaper
Atlantic Weekly Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1897
Page
8
A bustling round of travel and visits across Des Moines Omaha Council Bluffs and nearby towns with many residents attending family gatherings church matters and social events. The feature notes Al Tharnish opening a new jewelry store and reports on resignations sermons and health related travels. Shaker Digestive Cordial is advertised as a digestion aid with trial bottles offered.
John and A. B. Moreland rushed to aid their brother Lemon after a medical crisis caused a blood overflow to the head. A lantern bearing man and a stool-bearing youth were seen on West Sixth Street at 4 AM heading to Palmer Findley drug store for lecture tickets, joined by the postmaster and other attendees. A professional man reportedly slept nearby and entered the back door to take first choice.
At the old stand on Third Street the firm of Riddlesbarger and Fay continues poultry trade and promises the highest market prices for chickens ducks and turkeys to farmers in the vicinity.
Reporter backs away as Tony LaPortr captures a seven and a half inch tarantula in the Atlantic Fruit Co store. The specimen now sits on exhibit for customers to view by calling Cardsa Cat. Miss Nalle Wood, who has completed a two year music course in Boston, will marry Carl S. Smith in December, with plans to sail from San Francisco to Honolulu in mid December and reside there after January 1. The Atlantic Council No 86 reports the death of Mrs. J O Schoonmaker, mother of Ida E Dean, and offers condolences to the bereaved family. Resolutions were adopted for minutes and publication in Daily Telegraph.
Local notes report J B Aldrich in Marne on business and visits by Mrs F J Macomber Mrs Cullom from Lewis and J W Gray bank cashier in town. Various travels include Father Daly and Rev J F St Clair to the east. Electric line work begins with pole removal as others visit relatives. Marriage license issued to John A Pross and Frances M Swelley. Warrant for Michael Conway arreste d for illegal voting in Pymosa Township.
The Rev. Smith and Lewis area attendees visited the M E church last evening for a missionary meeting. Miss Harriet Kemper recently returned from Moradbad India lectured, stirring unusual interest. A friend recalled two K of P counterparts who died within the last two years, Claude Cappellar and Frank Parker. Hood's Sarsaparilla and Hood's Pills advertised as health tonics.
Mrs. Geo. P. Powell has studied silhouette, sketch and abort story writing for eighteen months and now gains prominence in a well known New York publication and Iowa Capital with her first story in Saturday's paper. The depot scheme was misreported as off. Superintendent McFarland is on the southwest division duties and will reach Atlantic by week’s end to improve relations and ensure Atlantic gets a premier western depot at Chestnut Street.
Ancient Greeks had Penates as household gods and today Dr King’s New Discovery is pitched as the family remedy for consumption coughs and throat chest and lung affections. It is described as a safe pleasant and effective cure guaranteed to cut money back. Free trial bottles at Vic Emmert & Co’s Drug Store with regular sizes 50c and 1.00.
The Bear Grove Reading Circle held a Saturday meeting in a tobacco-stained schoolhouse with program notes on Carlyle, Patrick's Pedagogy, grammar, and Cuban questions. Elected officers were Mattie Rowell, Ada McFadden, and Miss Tice. The issue also records the obituary of John Hughes Wallace, a lifelong Presbyterian who died Nov 8 1897 at age 60 years 4 months and 27 days after a long move through Ohio and Iowa.
In Cass County Ta a devout Christian for over twelve years Wallace served as deacon and faithful Sunday school worker. Funeral was at the residence with Rev B I Myers and Rev Dr Hill, burial in Atlantic cemetery. The community and church mourn a pillar and kind man. 3 B F Myers
Denver call issued for a national stockgrowers convention to meet January 25 to 27. The aim is to organize a national stock growers association and discuss measures to improve and protect the industry amid a revival shifting from range to farm. The movement seeks unity across Atlantic to western markets and influence Washington for relief and broad benefits.
A national committee of diverse political views appeals to the public to fund a Henry George memorial. Names include Mayor Strong, Seth Low, Isidor Straus, O T Christensen, Edward M Shepard, Thomas G Shearman, August Lewis, Tom L Johnson, and William Lloyd Garrison. George Foster Peabody of New York is named treasurer.
After a disputed Nebraska Kansas football game manager Onry of Nebraska challenges Kansas to a rematch at Kansas City Missouri after Thanksgiving with a eastern referee and a formal guarantee. The conflict has sparked intense college interest across Nebraska and Kansas.
United States circuit court issues a default judgment for 2791 dollars against William Addoms a livestock dealer and stockholder in Black Hills National Bank Rapid City which failed in 1894. In 1896 stockholders were assessed by Comptroller Eckels and Addoms share reached 2520 dollars. Receiver Mackinley filed suit, and a judgment was awarded.
Morristown New Jersey November 18 Samuel J Ritchie arrested for robbing a freight car at Port Morris identified by Sheriff Dowling as one of the gang that robbed the Bradley bank of Eldon Iowa of $8 000 last February Ritchie captured but escaped jail after identification a photograph in the rogue gallery prompted confession and a letter from jail admits his identity.
Fannie Eagle Horn and Eliza Flander, Indian girls, were arrested on arson charges after a fire broke out in the girls quarters of Todian Girls School in Pa. They allegedly started the blaze Sunday afternoon to burn the school down after being refused permission to go home. Superintendent Platt filed the complaint and the pair were jailed.
A dispatch from Paris reports Chief Samory razed Kong in Upper Guinea for provisions refused to his troops, killing several thousand natives. Also notes deportation of polygamists from the California steamer, Leather Belting association's 26 percent price advance, and the Monetary Commission resuming work in Washington with most members present.
Last Friday the Massena Lodge No. 489 I O G O F members visited Ed Brown three miles northeast of town to aid in harvesting his corn. Brown had been sick six weeks, so work slowed. That day 1,900 bushels were husked and cribbed, leaving members satisfied with the effort.
A grand opening in the former Slaughter Bros. store drew a large Atlantic audience to showcase Hallett Davis pianos. Miss Fannie Blook headlined solos while Charles Neimeyer and Charles Helms offered vocal numbers. Exhibits of piano designs impressed attendees.
An old advertisement extols Electric Bitters as the best medicine to restore nervous vigor, a vegetable tonic aiding stomach nerve centers and liver and kidneys, improving appetite and digestion, and purifying blood. Sold by Vic Emmert & Co. The piece also notes gold mine supply and silver dollar cost debates affecting currency.
Readers learn of Grain-O a grain based drink touted as a near coffee substitute, gentle on delicate stomachs, costing about a quarter of coffee, and popular for children. The piece also comments on the Dingley tariff's impact, noting projected November receipts near one million daily and potential sugar revenue aiding government expenses.
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